ILPC 2026

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Author: RAONI AZERÊDO
Co-Authors ⁄ Presenters: Pedro Ivan Christoffoli

TERRITORIALIZATION CAPITALIST THE OF COAMO AGROINDUSTRIAL COOPERATIVA

 This Article analyzes the aggressive strategy of territorialization of the largest capitalist cooperative in Latin America, the COAMO Agroindustrial Cooperativa. The economic domain of the territories where it was established the increasing offensive exerted by this cooperative, from the beginning of the 1970s until the present moment, aimed at increasing economic efficiency under the capitalist view, through gains in scale and capillarity in the collection of Grains (especially soybeans), resulting in the expropriation of peasants associated with this organization. This strategic delineation, permeated by contradictions, allowed COAMO to become an important agent in the agribusiness power bloc at the state and national level